SOME Clare Garda Division vehicles were off the road for six or seven weeks last year because of malfunctions, a local Dáil Deputy has claimed.
Deputy Cathal Crowe (FF) has also expressed concern that some of the Garda fleet vehicles in Clare are ten or 12 years old, claiming when An Garda Síochána Headquarters in the Phoenix Park buys new vehicles, they are nearly always concentrated in the city divisions.
Speaking in the Dáil recently, Deputy Crowe alleged the new policing structures overly concentrates activities on Dublin to the detriment of counties like Clare.
“I will not name the date but there was one evening in the past month when there was only one garda covering the entirety of West Clare up to the Galway border,” he said.
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East Clare correspondent, Dan Danaher is a journalism graduate of Rathmines and UL. He has won numerous awards for special investigations on health, justice, environment, and reports on news, agriculture, disability, mental health and community.